That image has so much resonance for me, Not because I had the inner urge to be a Drag queen but because on the TV, on stage and in music I always related to the female character.
Many Years Ago, down here in the Deep South, the local bars (which there are none now) here in the Lil City by The Red, A night in September, after Labor Day, was designated as "Turn Around Night". That is when all the local/rural drag queens sit on the stage, and we, the young men, who never did drag, , would dress up and parade around. I will have to publish a photograph of Miss Dixie Louise Simmons, Ms. Hospitality, Jackson High School
I see many reflections in my mirror over the years. I also think the imagine is great, not only did you see doing drag, but it also shows the first time you saw yourself in the mirror in drag!!
Fun to see how many ways commenters took the picture. I myself think my mirror is broke. I see way more cracks in my face...so I must get a new mirror, because it surely can't be wrinkles.
The only one time I've ever put on any female wear was when, as a young boy, with my three brothers around the same age (sort of five- to eightish) we were mucking around - and tried wearing a pair of our mum's high-heels. That experience lasted all of about 10 seconds - but that was it! I've just never had an attraction or inclination 'that way' - not even curiosity. Then when in my 50s I flirted with training to become a counsellor, part of that training was to undergo counselling oneself - to be on the receiving end as a 'patient'. The fully professional counsellor I was assigned to - also a gay man - said, after a few sessions of delving into my psyche, that he sensed that I was resisting acknowledging my feminine side. It immediately struck a bell with me as I hadn't even thought of that before - and I think he may well have been spot on. However, I didn't do anything to follow it through - and now, as I approach 80, what's the point?. But it is the one event I most remember about that period - which must itself be significant.
Boy that's a great training tool Raybeard for a counselor to follow. And here when you said that you toiled and female clothes with your brothers I thought you were going to say it was for a Panto
What gay guy doesn’t get to try out their fem side at least once. In my stripper days, on a dare, I did a striptease for Haloween based on the Dr Frankenfurter character in the Rocky Horror Picture Show; bustier, panties, silk stockings, garter belt and garters. Did I get compliments and solicitations from men - gay, bi and straight ! A turn on for myself and the audience, it became my stripper routine for Haloween from then on. Let’s face it, human sexuality is more complex than we and the experts know. -CA jock
I completely agree. When i used to do drag regularly...I used to have bi and straight hit on me thinking I was a female. Once I told them I was really a guy they still didn't care.
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That image has so much resonance for me, Not because I had the inner urge to be a Drag queen but because on the TV, on stage and in music I always related to the female character.
ReplyDeleteI can see that view too. I was always drawn more to the female characters.
DeleteI used to draw on a moustache and sideburns - thank Dawg I was never caught.
ReplyDeleteI swear come here and we'll do a show with the Mistress Borghese and Dick D Spencer!
DeleteI'm gonna assume you mean the drag performer and NOT the neo-nazi!
DeleteSweet! xoxo
ReplyDeleteMany Years Ago, down here in the Deep South, the local bars (which there are none now) here in the Lil City by The Red, A night in September, after Labor Day, was designated as "Turn Around Night". That is when all the local/rural drag queens sit on the stage, and we, the young men, who never did drag, , would dress up and parade around. I will have to publish a photograph of Miss Dixie Louise Simmons, Ms. Hospitality, Jackson High School
ReplyDeleteMiss Dixie Louise Simmons!!!!! OMG!!!!! THAT is the best southern drag name I might have heard!!!! You'd been the toast of the south darling.
DeleteThat’s a powerful image. It wouldn’t have hurt me to let my inner self emerge.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with seeing the image. And with your height you could have been Skye Scraper!
DeleteMirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the fairest of them all? MADDIE!!
ReplyDelete"When she breaks the tender peel, to taste the apple in my hand, her breath will still, her blood congeal, then I'll be fairest in the land!"
DeleteI can relate.
ReplyDeleteI bet you're glad you let her come out to play!
ReplyDeleteShe fought for a good 25 years to get out and won! That ho ruled!
DeleteI see many reflections in my mirror over the years. I also think the imagine is great, not only did you see doing drag, but it also shows the first time you saw yourself in the mirror in drag!!
ReplyDeleteFun to see how many ways commenters took the picture. I myself think my mirror is broke. I see way more cracks in my face...so I must get a new mirror, because it surely can't be wrinkles.
ReplyDelete"It's important to remember that you're born naked, and the rest is drag." - RuPaul
ReplyDeleteBe yourself, be comfortable in your own skin.
ReplyDeleteThe only one time I've ever put on any female wear was when, as a young boy, with my three brothers around the same age (sort of five- to eightish) we were mucking around - and tried wearing a pair of our mum's high-heels. That experience lasted all of about 10 seconds - but that was it! I've just never had an attraction or inclination 'that way' - not even curiosity.
ReplyDeleteThen when in my 50s I flirted with training to become a counsellor, part of that training was to undergo counselling oneself - to be on the receiving end as a 'patient'. The fully professional counsellor I was assigned to - also a gay man - said, after a few sessions of delving into my psyche, that he sensed that I was resisting acknowledging my feminine side. It immediately struck a bell with me as I hadn't even thought of that before - and I think he may well have been spot on. However, I didn't do anything to follow it through - and now, as I approach 80, what's the point?. But it is the one event I most remember about that period - which must itself be significant.
Boy that's a great training tool Raybeard for a counselor to follow. And here when you said that you toiled and female clothes with your brothers I thought you were going to say it was for a Panto
DeleteWhat gay guy doesn’t get to try out their fem side at least once. In my stripper days, on a dare, I did a striptease for Haloween based on the Dr Frankenfurter character in the Rocky Horror Picture Show; bustier, panties, silk stockings, garter belt and garters. Did I get compliments and solicitations from men - gay, bi and straight ! A turn on for myself and the audience, it became my stripper routine for Haloween from then on. Let’s face it, human sexuality is more complex than we and the experts know.
ReplyDelete-CA jock
I completely agree. When i used to do drag regularly...I used to have bi and straight hit on me thinking I was a female. Once I told them I was really a guy they still didn't care.
DeleteJust think what the world would be like today if Donald Duck was Donalda Duck?
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